Mackey said last month he is eager to defend his charges with hopes of returning to the Green Wave program in time for fall camp. His trial was originally scheduled for June 11. But one of the other defendants in the case, Robert Murray, had his trial date delayed as well. Murray went to trial today and is accused of forcing his way into the home of an unnamed victim and robbing her at gunpoint of several items, including a laptop.

Mackey, according to the arrest report, was present and in contact via cellphone with Murray minutes before Murray burst in the door and robbed both of them. Mackey is accused of setting up the crime -- something that he denied in an interview with NOLA.com/Times-Picayune.